* QA Notice: Unresolved soname dependencies: * * /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/_bz2.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libbz2.so.1.0 * /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/_dbm.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu_failed.so: libgdbm_compat.so.3 * /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/_gdbm.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libgdbm.so.3 * /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/pyexpat.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libexpat.so * /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/readline.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libreadline.so.6 * * QA Notice: The ebuild is installing to one or more unexpected paths: * * /usr/share/doc/vmware-workstation * * Please fix the ebuild to use correct FHS/Gentoo policy paths. * QA Notice: The following files contain writable and executable sections * Files with such sections will not work properly (or at all!) on some * architectures/operating systems. A bug should be filed at * https://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the issue is fixed. * For more information, see: * * https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/GNU_stack_quickstart * * Please include the following list of files in your report: * Note: Bugs should be filed for the respective maintainers * of the package in question and not hardened@gentoo.org. * RWX --- --- opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so * QA Notice: This package seems to install metainfo files into the * following location(s): * * /usr/share/appdata * /usr/share/appdata * * This location is deprecated, it should not be used anymore by new software. * Appdata/Metainfo files should be installed into /usr/share/metainfo directory. * For more details, please see the freedesktop Upstream Metadata guidelines at * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html * * Gentoo Tracker bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/709450 * In addition there is a call to an unknown eclass function: /var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-16.1.2.17966106-r1/temp/environment: line 2474: gnome2_icon_cache_update: command not found
"Unresolved soname dependencies" doesn't look like anything to me and the others are hardcoded inside proprietary binaries.
> * QA Notice: Unresolved soname dependencies: > * > * > /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/_bz2.cpython- > 38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libbz2.so.1.0 > * > /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/_dbm.cpython- > 38-x86_64-linux-gnu_failed.so: libgdbm_compat.so.3 > * > /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/_gdbm.cpython- > 38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libgdbm.so.3 > * > /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/pyexpat. > cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libexpat.so > * > /opt/vmware/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/lib/lib-dynload/readline. > cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: libreadline.so.6 this looks unresolvable because of vmware way of loading > * QA Notice: The ebuild is installing to one or more unexpected paths: > * > * /usr/share/doc/vmware-workstation > * > * Please fix the ebuild to use correct FHS/Gentoo policy paths. is the EULA requiring to install in /usr/share/doc/vmware-workstation? I don't understand the note in the ebuild > * QA Notice: The following files contain writable and executable sections > * Files with such sections will not work properly (or at all!) on some > * architectures/operating systems. A bug should be filed at > * https://bugs.gentoo.org/ to make sure the issue is fixed. > * For more information, see: > * > * https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/GNU_stack_quickstart > * > * Please include the following list of files in your report: > * Note: Bugs should be filed for the respective maintainers > * of the package in question and not hardened@gentoo.org. > * RWX --- --- opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-gksu.so/libvmware-gksu.so I saw a note in the ebuild, why can't this be muted by using QA_WX_LOAD? > * QA Notice: This package seems to install metainfo files into the > * following location(s): > * > * /usr/share/appdata > * /usr/share/appdata > * > * This location is deprecated, it should not be used anymore by new > software. > * Appdata/Metainfo files should be installed into /usr/share/metainfo > directory. > * For more details, please see the freedesktop Upstream Metadata guidelines > at > * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html > * > * Gentoo Tracker bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/709450 the file share/appdata/vmware-workstation.appdata.xml might be moved at the end of src_prepare(), I don't think the file is used by the application itself. > In addition there is a call to an unknown eclass function: > > /var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-emulation/vmware-workstation-16.1.2.17966106- > r1/temp/environment: line 2474: gnome2_icon_cache_update: command not found this is an error in the ebuild
> is the EULA requiring to install in /usr/share/doc/vmware-workstation? Yes. That's the hardcoded path it searches for that EULA. > I saw a note in the ebuild, why can't this be muted by using QA_WX_LOAD? I don't know. It just doesn't work. > the file share/appdata/vmware-workstation.appdata.xml might be moved Moved. > this is an error in the ebuild Fixed.
